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good morning. a quick update. we start with mike nicco. it is mean girls day. it is not streaming on netflix. you have to pay to rent it. ? oh, really? >> sorry about that. >> all right. i'll get that dvd from jessica then. here's a look at redwood city. san carlos. some is of the areas let me know slick for your commute. 280, 101 or any of the other streets around there. when you head outside, low to mid 60s. in fact, it was so mild i drove in with the sunroof open. real smell of eucalyptus in the air. temperatures in the mid-60s to low to mid-70s after he we get through the morning hours. back to alexis. what's goingot tmuch, one issue in thoee ssn't wil turn into. . just before great america parkway. a vehicle hit some kind of debris in the roadway.

their vehicle may not be driveable they did make it to the right shoulder. chp just came through to push the debris off to the side. if it's not not clear already, i think it will be already. fast track users not seeing any delays. no metering lights yet. it should happen around 5:20. thanks, alexis. the fbi expected to wrap up its investigation into allegations of supreme court nominee brett calf knauf as soon as today. meanwhile, prz is on the attack ridiculing blasey ford's testimony in front of thousands at a campaign rally. emily rau is live in washington with details. emi emily. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. president trump says it's a scary is time for young men in america. and he spoke at a campaign rally in misssipast night surs chaweankanaugh. tuesday night in mississippi, getting laughs from the crowd as he openly mocked christine blasey ford, when claims brett

kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while drunk at a high school party in the early 80s. >> how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: while his son, don jr., denied the president was mocking blasey ford, her attorney sending this scathing quick, calling the remarks a vicious, vial and soulless attack, going on to say he is a profile and coward else. blasey ford's team saying they have sent letters and e-mails to the fbi with no response, calling the situation in conceivable, demand to go speak to the agent in charge. overnight, the "new york times" releasing this 1983 her from kavanaugh to his prep school friends ahead of a trip to the beach saying, warn the neighbors that we're loud, obnoxious drunks. before leaving the white house for tuesday night's rally, reporters asking president trump what message he's sending to young men. >> well,ive say is that it's a very scary time for young men in

america when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. this is a very, very -- these are very difficult times. >> reporter: and his message for women. and as we get closer to the friday deadline, fbi investigation sources are saying it can could be wrapped up soon, even as early as today. >> emily, as you reported, blasey ford's attorney say they haven't heard from the fbi. are investigators commenting on that? do we know who they have talked to? >> reporter: that's right. they are demand to go get an update from the if i can. so far the fbi saying no comment, not talking about anything relate to the investigation. now, we do know from the second accuser, deborah ramirez, from her attorneys, that she has spoken with investigators for more than two hours over the weekend on sunday and she also provided a list of 20 witnesses

she said for them to also look into. >> live from washington, d.c., emily rau. stay on top of the latest developments with the abc 7 news app. be sure to enable push alerts on your phone or smart device. in the east bay, police are asking for the public's help in helping to catch thefts on snatch and grab. they grabbed cell phones and other electronic devices and took off in a gray infinit in the south bay, the bishop of the diocese of san jose say he was moved by what he has heard from victims of clergy sex abuse. he held a second listening session last night. the diocese plans to release the names and status us of priests

credibly accused of abuse. people spoke at the session and gave ideas on ways to move forward. >> it was very formative for me. painful at times to hear the stories of the victims, their families, their friends. an advocacy group of victims of clergy sex abuse are demanding the names of the offenders. happening today, more money to be poured into building san francisco's central subway. a city committee will consider a $7 million increase in insurance premiums due to more construction time and contract costs. it's unclear if this is related to a track issue earlier this year. the project is more than a year behind schedule.

it's already costing $1.6 billion. it's expected to be complete in 2020. engineers hope to know what caused the cracks in two support beams at the salesforce trap sit center by the end of the month. until then, the center will likely remain closed. it passes beneath the damaged part of the hub is expected to he reopen by the end of next week instagram users can breathe easy. the photo-sharing service is back up after a worldwide outage. around midnight, users started reporting error messages on the app and the website. some of them took to twitter to complain. instagram confirmed the outage but didn't give a reason. the network was back up after an hour. it is owned by facebook. the two founders resigned last week after reported clashes with mark zuckerberg. he appointed a new leader monday >> they have rain down in the south bay. let's take a look at the map.

campbell, cupertino, look at this area getting wet. 280, possibly puddles developing there. the north bay saw the bulk yesterday. southbound on 101, you may run into patchy fog in the north bay. it could be wet at times. any time of the day on the roads. ferry ride, yeah srbg showers possible. mass transit, you'll need app umbrella and shades. more likely the shades than the umbrella. san francisco, 61 this morning. mid to upper 60s throughout the rest of the morning, into the afternoon hours. we'll fall back in the low seurbgsz by 8:00. up in the north bay, a lot less in the way of moisture. check it out. we've got 61 with fog in the morning. by noon, we're ps, 68. we'll be be ps with scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. low 70s. back to the mid-60s by 8:00. but look at the south bay. you have the best chance of scattered showers today. not only this morning but also as we head into the afternoon

hours. temperatures in the mid-70s for you. off to a much dryer start, a better start hopefully as far as getting out and getting on the roads. we will bring in alexis to let us know for sure >> yeah. we have had very few incidents out there this morning. much more ideal driving companies. as mike has been telling you, yeah, we could have a few scattered showers for the morning commute. a few sprinkles this morning, especially in the south bay. state route 87 around the airport, certainly not slowing you down. i'm not seeing any sheen on the pavement. everything looking okay. hopefully your drive time is looking great too. i only have one that is not in the green. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, in the yellow, 35 minutes. westbound 4, antioch to concord, 14. southbound 101, much better day in the north bay. san rafael to san francisco, also in the green, 14 minutes. a toddler found alone wandering a north bay street. you will hear from the man who

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it's the second leading cancer killer in the u.s. but, it is almost entirely preventable. most colon cancers start as polyps. and screening finds polyps, so they can be removed, before they even turn into cancer. if you're over 50, get screened for colorectal cancer. screening saves lives. all right. it's 4:42 and 40 seconds. thunderstorm threat for today, it's pretty much all of us. tomorrow it moves into the mountains where we are seeing thunderstorms right now around arnold heading up to kirkwood

and bear valley. in fact, you can see scattered showers and thunderstorms all day today. look at these temperatures. mid to upper 70s in the central valley. low to mid-70s in socal. seven-day forecast in tahoe, freezing cold mornings friday, saturday, sunday >> mike, thank you. caltrans does not want people to vote for a gas tax repeal and it is using signs to get the word out. it supports sb1, the gas tax law signed into law last year. leaders of the gas tax repeal initiative are upset with these signs. they say caltrans is using taxpayer money for political advocacy. caltrans has agreed to change the sign but not because they're political. the agency says they will remove the website address is so drivers don't take their eyes off the road for them long enough to read it. the dmv is sending out a

warning about unofficial websites that charge customers for dmv-related services. the department says the sites are charging people to make dmv appointments and finish electronic and driver's license and i.d. card applications. customers are now reminded there are no additional fees to complete online applications or any online services. dmv is look spaog sites to see if they violate consumer protection laws. a very close call in the north bay. a man leaving church slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting a toddler wandering alone in the middle of the street. kate larson spoke to that driver. >> i'm always on top in terms of safety. >> reporter: on sunday, ricky's safe driving saved a life. he was driving down a busy street in fairfield when he saw something unusual in the distance. before ricky crossed the intersection he saw something right here on the curb. >> we had cars parked here. had a car parked here.

i saw maybe some pink, something that was about this big >> reporter: once the light turned green and ricky started to cross the intersection, he realized that it was a little girl standing right here in the middle of the street. >> i had to slam on the brakes. then i had to hop out of my car and ran over to grab her. i didn't know if she was going to continue across the street. >> reporter: the 2-year-old was scared and crying. he took a selfie with her and a friend from church while waiting for police. it was 8:00 can a.m. the girl's mother and family were asleep. >> the mom was still really upset. so i went over to the mom. i said, listen, you know, don't worry about what happened. just use all that extra energy you can to prevent it from happening again. >> reporter: that's what ricky did on sunday. his 7-year-old niece was hit and killed while crossing a road in michigan over the summer. ever since, ricky has been extra vigilant while driving. in fairfield, kate larson, abc 7 news. i'm so glad that young child is okay this morning.

>> yeah. yeah. okay. we're going to switch gears here and talk about sports. we're going to say we're cheering for the oakland a's. >> the a's will make major league history today against the yankees. for the first time in the postseason, oakland will not use a starting pitcher. instead, reliever liam hendrix will talk the mound for the green and gold. bullpening is a tactic used several times the last several weeks due to injuries and is changes in the rotation. doors open at 4:00, first pitch at 5:00. cop session stands will be open. mike, can you translate for us, bullpening. >> i went to two of the last three games. they started a couple relievers because they are so good, some of the best in the entire major leagues. they started them first. then they would get to the starters if they could towards the end of the game just to save their arms. >> okay. hope it works out. >> i hope so too.

the relievers are really good. the tree house, if you have ever been there before the game, that is so much fun. hopefully people will go enjoy that. the weather back here at home will feel like the rest of the country with the mugginess. did you notice yesterday? that's not our typical weather. neither is today. it will be muggy but not as much as yesterday. we have had sprinkles so far this morning into san jose. p partly sunny, scattered showers, drizzle. a chance of a thunderstorm for the afternoon hours. we have had the storm impact scale on that. it's too small. all right. here's a look a lot live doppler 7. what you want to see is, look at this, a thunderstorm st. helena about three to four hours ago. it's moved to the north. more thunderstorms to the west. area of low pressure making its

way. yesterday it backed away from us. dryer in the afternoon hours. reverse that tfpltd it will move towards us. by 12:00, a regeneration of scattered thunderstorms. then they become more numerous as they come at us from the south. during the evening commute, south bay and east bay, our best chance. as we head towards the end of the commute, they fall apart. we wake up with a chance of drizzle during the morning commute. maybe an isolated shower. very random showers mainly in the south bay. as finally a cold front starts to move through and brings us dryer air for friday and closer to average with 60s at the coast. 78 to 84 inland heading sunday toward monday. it's a lot quieter. very few conditions. the conditions looking great. conditions much, much better. hopefully that will translate well into the morning here. one of our only incidents in the south bay this morning. before great america parkway, a

vehicle hit debris. unfortunately did quite a bit of damage. the debris was cleared by chp. i'm not seeing any residual delays there. toll plaza, cash lanes, no issues for fast track users. alexis, thank you. microsoft showing off its two additions to its surface family >> apple announces and a llama. >> the company introducing its surface pro 6 which is 67% faster than its predecessor. the surface laptop is powered by an intel processor. a keyboard designed to be silent. models run $900. >> electric vehicles are dominating the paris motor show. european makers won the scene as technology leaders. but they want to compete with tesla. jaggy, audi, volkswagen all debuted battery-powered suvs.

if you have been longing for a llama emoji, your wish is about to be granted. others include a bagel, a raccoon and a pwaebald person. >> it is like my twin brother. clearly from another mother. those are your "tech bites". the midterm election is drawing huge interest in california. you may find your polling place a lot more crowded next month. >> mcdonald's, wendy's,

4:53. you're looking live at live doppler 7. it is showing you green, which means light rain falling across the south baker's cyst heading up both sides of the peninsula to fremont and san mateo. it will keep getting wetter this morning. >> thanks, mike. 19 million people have registered to vote in california with five weeks to go in the midterm election. that is three-quarters of all californians who are registered to vote. this year california implemented a new program that allows voters to register while they're at the dmv. october 22nd is the last day to register. election day is tuesday, november 6th. we have all the voters information you need on abc7news.com/election. san francisco district

attorney george gagagaga run for re-election. it does not allow him time to care for his 90-year-old mother. he said at this time of my life it's the only choice i can live with. he thanked the city for their support. his term expires at the end of 2019. the giants are making changes to get fans home a little earlier. fans will start at 6:45 instead of 7:15. on the weekend, they will continue to keep the later start time. the ceo says the change will better serve fans and families during the workweek a new study finds 1 in 3 adults it's fast food every day. the more money you make, the more likely you are to eat at fast food restaurants.

researchers found fast food consumption decreases with age. too much high calorie fast food can lead to obesitobesity, diab and heart disease. i'm not saying i eat a lot of food, but when i do it's because i don't have time to cook. especially with these long commutes. when you step outside, look at this. not off we have dewpoints in the 60s. that's a lot of moisture. that's why temperatures are so mild again this morning. we'll open up the weather window on san mateo bridge. looking west. if you're traveling from the east bay to the peninsula, this is what you will run into. there's light rain waiting for you, so be be prepared. here's alexis with more on the commute. >> so far so good using mass transit. bart, no delays for you. ace 1, we talked with them to confirm they are on time. unfortunately the lingering gps issues will show you no trains are running on the website.

pull trust me, they are out and running on time. normal service, no delays for e coidor. you could have a little rain hitting your windshield for the san mateo bridge. so far the volumes nice and light on 92. >> thanks, a electric his. honda is adding 1.4 vehicles to the original takata air bag recall list. the company planned to make the announcement in december. honda bumped it up because there is now a sufficient supply of replacement devices. you can find the list at abc7news.com. unexpected detour and a loyal dog helped save a man's life. tow truck driver martin hall decided to take a different route on his way home from a job in mayor poe sa county. he found a dog sitting in the middle of the road. he shot this facebook picture when he tried to catch her. that's what he heard a cry for help. he found a 67-year-old man lying in a nearby field.

the man slipped during an early morning walk and broke his hip. yes, that was his dog. the man is recovering this morning thanks to the tow truck driver and a very loyal companion. >> wow. i'm glad he's okay. facebook is revealing more details about the hack that compromised millions of facebook accounts. and we're learning what caused the crack in the window at the cinquing and leaning millennium tower. what the most popular

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said don't call it a comeback. i've been here for years. geoffrey the giraffe rising from the ashes. it may not be over yet. >> showers may not be over yet either. live from the east bay hills camera as we are back on the storm impact scale today. and we're being very dramatic, rising from the ashes. >> everything is dramatic this morning. good morning on this weapons, october 3rd. >> thank you for joining is us. you're never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco is here. >> i don't like drama. but we will do what we can over here. scattered showers today and sunshine. not going to be an all-day event. brief downpours from these that do develop. a chance of lightning and thunder. here's a look at the sunol. watch out for ponding on the roadways. all of this is coming up from the southeast. south bay and peninsula, it's your turn this morning. it won't be anywhere close to what the north bay dealt